Re: Apistogramma sp. "Lyretail Panduro"

[Steve Lasky <festae00@yahoo.com>]

John,
Thanks a lot for the info.  I found driftwood definitely has a calming effect on fish, apistos
particularly.  Only anecdotal information, but I noticed right after putting some driftwood in the tank
that has some juvi wild caught bitaeniata, they became much more active and became more like apistos.
The day after having the driftwood in the tank, they were doing their gill flaring and tail slapping.
This is one of my first experiences with apistos in a tank designed to breed them, so i'm not sure what
this all means but i'm sure i'll find out eventually.  Already thinking about more.  Thanks again.
Steve

jmburns@amidchaos.com wrote:

> Well, I guess it's time for my first post to the list too.  I got a pair of the "Lyretail Panduro" in
> Cleveland.  Adults.  When I first put them in the tank, the male beat the crap out of the female.
> She simply "lost" her caudal fin, which made swimming very hard.  I expected to loose her but,
> as luck would have it, she had more faith in herself than I had in her.  Anyway, the pair was
> very nervous in spite of caves and plants until I lucked out and put a big piece of drift wood
> in the tank (pre-boiled, of course, to kill anything on it).  There were nooks and crannies and the
> male especially took to the wood right away.  A few weeks ago I added some small tetras and
> they also seemed to get the apitsos out more often.  The female's caudal tail is growing back.
> I'm feeding sinking brine shrimp pellets, cyclop-eze (which they seem to love), black worms
> every few days, and vinegar eels when I harvest them for my fry.  So far the lyretails look fine,
> but no fry.  They are one of the first fish I check each day... now I'm the nervous one.
>
> --John
>    jmburns@amidchaos.com
>    http://www.chesapeakekillifish.com
>
> >             Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 23:24:46 -0400
> >             From: "Mike Jacobs" <mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com>
> >             Subject: Re: Apistogramma sp. "Lyretail Panduro"
>
> >           ... I have a trio at home that have not produced any fry yet.  They
> >             were extremely nervous for about a month and a half......they have calmed
> >             down to the point that they don't head for the hills when anyone comes to
> >             the tank...........so my hopes are rising.
>
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